Along with Brian Krebs, Financial Times columnist Joseph Menn is one of the few authors that tackles important security issues in a way that's accessible to non-security geeks. Joseph Menn's book Fatal System Error is well worth your time.
The security issues in this book will not be new to the readers of this blog, but Menn gives a view into the behind the scenes pursuit and case work that is needed. He shows the internal dynamics of the governments that allow these sorts of criminal networks to thrive. As you might expect a fair amount of the book is set in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Just as yo don't need to be a football fan to appreciate Friday Night Lights, Fatal System Error makes a very good gift to non-technical people to help them understand the mechanics and issues in the virtual world and just how they come to roost in meatspace.
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